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SUBMITTER: Carrera-Julia S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7016185 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Carrera-Juliá Sandra S Moreno Mari Luz ML Barrios Carlos C de la Rubia Ortí Jose Enrique JE Drehmer Eraci E
Frontiers in physiology 20200206
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease that produces a selective loss of the motor neurons of the spinal cord, brain stem and motor cortex. Oxidative stress (OS) associated with mitochondrial dysfunction and the deterioration of the electron transport chain has been shown to be a factor that contributes to neurodegeneration and plays a potential role in the pathogenesis of ALS. The regions of the central nervous system affected have high levels of reactive oxygen spec ...[more]